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Brooks and Gleb—who shares daughters Olivia, 13, and Zlata, 7, with ex-wife Elena Samodanova—fueled romance rumors while paired together for the 33rd season of the dancing competition.
But Brooks insisted there was nothing going on, telling E! News in September, “We’re just having fun honestly and you know, just living our life.”
Gleb also downplayed the situation, characterizing their dynamic as part of the job.
“Listen, when you rehearse together for such long hours and days, you create a certain chemistry,” he insisted. “Especially like, when we dance together it’s there. We’re trying to get into character pretty much, you know.”
At the time, though, Brooks did add, “We also are fond of each other.”
